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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Anthony S. Tafoya, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Edward Montoya, Moriarty, NM (US);
Richard J. O'Brien, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for retaining and aligning a connector to a mating connector on a printed wiring board with a retainer bracket. The retaining bracket is especially useful when there is a bend in the cable. Female contacts in a coax cable assembly mounted to a P0 connector make it difficult to keep the P0 female contacts in a vertical position satisfactory for mating with male contacts located on a motherboard. The retainer bracket snaps directly onto the P0 shell eliminating any stack up problems and assisting with alignment of the P0 female contacts giving a more accurate vertical registration for mating. The connector bracket snaps onto the P0 shell with snap pins and is aligned with at least one alignment pin.